The University is sad to report that\u00a0Molly Mahood died last Tuesday, aged 97.<\/p>\n
Molly was Professor of English Literature at the University of Kent from 1966 to 1979, having previously held professorships at the universities of Ibadan and Dar es Salaam. She was also Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her many books include\u00a0Poetry and Humanism\u00a0<\/em>(1950),\u00a0The Colonial Encounter\u00a0<\/em>(1977)\u00a0and\u00a0The Poet as Botanist\u00a0<\/em>(2008). She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Kent in 2010.<\/p>\n Her funeral\u00a0will take place at 11.30 on Friday 3 March\u00a0at Clayton Wood natural burial-ground, near Hassocks, Sussex. There will be wine afterwards, which Molly left for all who attend. She was much loved by her colleagues and students and will be sorely missed by all who knew her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"